Free Throw Question (NFHS)

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Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

4-20 ART. 3

The free throw ends when the try is successful, when it is certain the try will not be successful, when the try touches the floor or any player, or when the ball becomes dead.

Do you equate the bolded part as meaning the ball becomes dead because the free throw never hit the rim or that the free throw hit the rim and then hit a player or the floor?

I say the FT ends when the try touches the floor as in: a player bounces the ball in the lane to attempt a "bouncing shot." Violation the ball is dead as soon as it bounces in the lane. Obviously if it is an airball, it is also a dead ball for a violation. If it hits the rim (or backboard) then the floor, then it is certain that the try is unsuccessful yet the ball remains live. As for the FT ending upon a player touch: If it is before the ball touches the rim (or backboard), above the rim, on the way down and has a chance to go in, it is goaltending. Dead ball, award 1 point and then 2 for T (or no basket if same team).

If it touches the rim remains in the cylinder and then is touched by a player it is BI. Again, FT ends, Dead ball, award a point (or wipe away if same team) and away you go.

If the ball touches the rim (or backboard) then bounces out of the cylinder and is touched by a player, the FT ends but then play on.

Just because the FT ends does not mean that the ball is dead. But any time the ball is dead, the free throw also ends. (I think)